Her one thought need no longer be that she loved him too much, but how much he loved her.

It was not her self-respect that must be humoured back, but his.

If hers lagged, what did it matter?
What are her own troubles to a woman when there is something to do for the man she loves?
"You are too anxious about the future," she said to him, if he had grown gloomy again.

"Can we not be happy in the present, and leave the future to take care of itself ?" How strange to know that it was Grizel who said this to Tommy, and not Tommy who said it to Grizel! She delighted in playing the mother to him.

"Now you must go back to your desk," she would say masterfully.